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Big Clifty, Kentucky
Big Clifty, Kentucky
Census-designated place
	Big Clifty Location within Grayson County Big Clifty Big Clifty (the United States)
	Coordinates: 37°32′44″N 86°9′13″W / 37.54556°N 86.15361°W
Country	United States
State	Kentucky
County	Grayson
Area
• Total	1.44 sq mi (3.74 km2)
• Land	1.44 sq mi (3.73 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.01 km2)
Elevation	397 ft (121 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	367
• Density	254.86/sq mi (98.43/km2)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CST)
ZIP codes	42712
FIPS code	21-06508
GNIS feature ID	487153

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Big Clifty is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Grayson County, Kentucky, United States.

History

Clifty Creek crosses U.S. Highway 62 and the P & L railroad several miles to the southwest of Big Clifty. It is said that travelers named the town due to the limestone cliffs that arose on the sides of Clifty Creek.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2020	367		—
U.S. Decennial Census^[3]

References

^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Big Clifty, Kentucky
^ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

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[CenPopGazetteer2020-1] "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 18, 2022.

[2] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Big Clifty, Kentucky

[DecennialCensus-3] "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2016.

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 '''Big Clifty''' is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] and [[census-designated place]] (CDP) in [[Grayson County, Kentucky|Grayson County]], [[Kentucky]], United States.
->== History ==
-Clifty Creek crosses [[U.S. Route 62|U.S. Highway 62]] and the [[Paducah and Louisville Railway|P & L railroad]] several miles to the southwest of Big Clifty. It is said that travelers named the town due to the [[limestone]] cliffs that arose on the sides of Clifty Creek. Accounts of residents from the past report that Big Clifty was a "boom town" that at one time had a post office, bank, feed mill, several dry goods stores and restaurants. The Ben Goodman school was the local "country school" and the town had numerous churches. In yesteryear nearby Clarkson was a tourist destination due to the numerous hotels near Grayson Springs, which were visited by guests who wished to experience the sulphur water's curative properties. Big Clifty benefited from the traffic going to Clarkson. Spurrier Mill was a grist mill on the Nolin River, several miles from Big Clifty which was a benefit to the economy. Like many rural Kentucky communities, as passenger rail-use decreased and transportation and commercial shipping routes changed, Big Clifty's boom town status disappeared.
-Big Clifty was also the site of tar bitumen oil mines, or “ black rock mines” as they were known in the 20’s.
-One such mining site was at the end of Crown Rock Road, inside the Big Clifty limits.
-The mines produced tar from the tar sands that frequent the local geology of the area.
-| <ref> https://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1035&context=kgs_ri</ref>
 == History ==
-Clifty Creek crosses [[U.S. Route 62|U.S. Highway 62]] and the [[L&N|Paducah and Louisville Railway|P & L railroad]] several miles to the southwest of Big Clifty. It is said that travelers named the town due to the [[limestone]] cliffs that arose on the sides of Clifty Creek. Accounts of residents from the past report that Big Clifty was a "boom town" that at one time had a post office, bank, feed mill, several dry goods stores and restaurants. The Ben Goodman school was the local "country school" and the town had numerous churches. In yesteryear nearby Clarkson was a tourist destination due to the numerous hotels near Grayson Springs, which were visited by guests who wished to experience the sulphur water's curative properties. Big Clifty benefited from the traffic going to Clarkson. Spurrier Mill was a grist mill on the Nolin River, several miles from Big Clifty which was a benefit to the economy. Like many rural Kentucky communities, as passenger rail-use decreased and transportation and commercial shipping routes changed, Big Clifty's boom town status disappeared.
+Clifty Creek crosses [[U.S. Route 62|U.S. Highway 62]] and the [[Paducah and Louisville Railway|P & L railroad]] several miles to the southwest of Big Clifty. It is said that travelers named the town due to the [[limestone]] cliffs that arose on the sides of Clifty Creek.
+==Demographics==
-The Skees family of Big Clifty, owned several former businesses in the town, including the Jas H. Skees General Store , local funeral home, and railway shipping station and several area farms.
+{{US Census population
+|2020= 367
-[[File:Tim Skees.jpeg|thumb|Actor Comedian Tim Skees 2015]]
+|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref>
+}}
-Big Clifty is hometown of star of TV and Film,  Actor and Comedian,  Tim Skees.
- Many of the stories and persons used in Tim Skees’ comedy routines are derived from actual residents of the town, during his youth.
-{{https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6512359/}}
 ==References==
-{{reflist}}
+{{Reflist}}
-{{Grayson County, Kentucky}}
+[[Category:Census-designated places in Grayson County, Kentucky]]
+[[Category:Census-designated places in Kentucky]]
-https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6512359/
+{{GraysonCountyKY-geo-stub}}
-[[Category:Census-designated places in Grayson County, Kentucky]]
-[[Category:Census-designated places in Kentucky]]